West Seattle pimp sentenced to 5½-year term

An admitted pimp involved with a West Seattle-based gang was sentenced Friday to a 5½-year prison term.

A purported member of the West Side Street Mobb, Thomas L. Foster previously pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree promoting prostitution, conspiracy to commit the same crime and second-degree assault, a charged stemming from an incident in West Seattle during which Foster admitted to punching and attempting to strangle the mother of his children.